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Earth Science, Tarbuck C. 1-2
What are the two main parts of ea...,
What is the continental margin 2,
What is continental shelf 3
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Earth Science, Tarbuck Chapter 3
What does a magma body do when fu...,
Magma that is on the surface 2,
What is lithification 3
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Earth Science, Tarbuck Chap 4
The continental drift theory was ...,
Single supercontinent composed of...,
What caused alfred wegener to pur...
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Earth Science, Tarbuck Chapter 5
What is an earthquake 1,
What is a fault 2,
Why are most faults locked 3
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Earth Science, Tarbuck Chap 6
Mafic magmas have 1,
Felsic magmas have 2,
Magmas generated by melting of ma...
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Earth Science, Tarbuck Chap 7
Force applied equally in 1,
What does confining pressure do t...,
Deformation is caused by 3
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Earth Science, Tarbuck Chap 8
Weathering mass movement and eros...,
What are external processes 2,
What are internal processes 3
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Earth Science, Tarbuck Chap 9
What is infiltration 1,
What is runoff 2,
What is transpiration 3
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Earth Science, Tarbuck Chapter 10
What is a glacier 1,
What are valley alpine glaciers 2,
When was the last glacial maximum 3
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Earth Science, Tarbuck Chapter 11
What is the principle of uniformi...,
What is the principle of superpos...,
What is principle of lateral cont...
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Earth Science, Tarbuck Chap 12
What are exoplanets 1,
What is a planetesimal 2,
What is the hadean time period 3
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Earth Science, Tarbuck Chap 13
Which hemisphere has more water 1,
What are the four ocean basins th...,
What are the 2 types of continent...
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Earth Science, Tarbuck Chap 14
What is salinity 1,
Describe precipitation and evapor...,
Generally does salinity change ba...
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Earth Science, Tarbuck Chapter 15
How is ocean circulation determin...,
What are gyres 2,
What are the 5 main gyres 3
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Earth Science, Tarbuck Chapter 16
What does the ozone layer do 1,
What is the troposphere 2,
What is the outer boundary of the...
61
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Earth Science, Tarbuck Chapter 17
What is latent heat 1,
When melting occurs does latent h...,
When freezing occurs does latent ...
65
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Earth Science, Tarbuck Chap 18
Air pressure at sea level 1,
Low pressure often correlates wit...,
How does air flow 3
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Earth Science, Tarbuck Chap 19
What are air masses 1,
How are air masses categorized 2,
What are lake effect snows 3
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Earth Science, Tarbuck Chap 20
Different koppen classification o...,
What letters are used in the kopp...,
Tropical climates in koppen class...
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Earth Science, Tarbuck Chap 21
Kepler laws 1,
What is a mean solar day 2,
What is a sidereal day 3
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Earth Science, Tarbuck Chap 22
What is the nebular theory 1,
How did the four terrestrial prot...,
2 types of planets 3
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Earth Science, Tarbuck Chap 23
What is the hertzsprung russel di...,
What are nebulae 2,
What are molecular clouds 3
21
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Meteorology Today, Ahrens Chap 1
What is the homosphere 1,
What is the heterosphere 2
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Meteorology Today, Ahrens Chap 2
What is advection 1,
Is earth s radiation long or shor...,
Is the sun s radiation long or sh...
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Meteorology Today, Ahrens Chap 3
Describe temperatures on windless...,
Why do deserts have the highest t...,
In the northern hemisphere which ...
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Meteorology Today, Ahrens Chap 4
4 different ways to measure moist...,
What is absolute humidity 2,
What is specific humidity 3
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Meteorology Today, Ahrens Chap 5
What is hoar frost 1,
Where are condensation nuclei mos...,
Can hygroscopic condensation nucl...
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Meteorology Today, Ahrens Chap 6
What is the adiabatic process rel...,
What is the dry adiabatic rate 2,
What does dry adiabatic rate mean 3
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Meteorology Today, Ahrens Chap 7
What does it mean when a cloud dr...,
What is saturation vapor pressure 2,
Smaller cloud droplets have great...
20
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Meteorology Today, Ahrens Chap 8
What does a millibar describe 1,
What is hg describe 2,
What is a pascal 3
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Meteorology Today, Ahrens Chap 9
What are eddies in the atmosphere 1,
How do eddies form in the atmosph...,
What is mechanical turbulence in ...
21
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Meteorology Today, Ahrens Chap 10
What is a hadley cell 1,
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What is the 3 cell model 3
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Meteorology Today, Ahrens Chap 11
Where are most source regions 1,
How do stationary fronts form 2,
What is frontolysis 3
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Meteorology Today, Ahrens Chap 12
What is a wave cyclone 1,
First step of creation of mid lat...,
What is cyclogenesis 3
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Meteorology Today, Ahrens Chap 14
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Essentials of Oceanography, Trujillo Chap 1
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Ocean Circulations
What is walker circulation 1,
What is el nino southern oscillat...,
Connection of walker circulation ...
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Essentials of Oceanography Chap 2
What is magnetic dip 1,
Relation of magnetic dip and lati...,
How can we use paleomagnetism to ...
24
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Essentials of Oceanography, Trujillo Chapter 3
How can satelites use the sea sur...,
What are nemataths 2,
What are passive continental marg...
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Essentials of Oceanography Chap 4
How do deep ocean basin sediments...,
What is ocean basin sediment conn...,
What is north atlantic deep water...
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Essentials of Oceanography, Trujillo chap 5
Describe salinity distribution th...,
Describe how salinity changes at ...,
Are most salinity levels similar ...
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Essentials of Oceanography Chap 6
Describe wind at the equator 1
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Essentials of Oceanography, Trujillo Chapter 7
What are the 2 main ways ocean ci...,
What currents are produced from w...,
What currents are produced from d...
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Essentials of Oceanography, Trujillo Chapter 8
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USESO Guide: Rock Formation and Processes
3 ways magma forms 1,
Why does a decrease in pressure c...,
Why does the addition of volatile...
7
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USESO Guide: Mineralogy
6 groups of silicate minerals 1,
What are nesosilicates 2,
What are sorosilicates 3
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USESO Guide: Volcanoes
What are the four basic types of ...,
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USESO Guide: Weathering, Erosion, Mass Wasting
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